by Brett Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 8/14/20 “Perception is reality.” Have you heard this phrase before? If so, have you wondered whose perception? When I had just turned 20, I had an internship at a large oil refinery in South Texas. One late afternoon after working hard, I was sitting...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 8/7/20 When we start to look to God for direction and give him our whole life, we will face opposition. We will have people come into our life whose only goal seems to be to tell us how great they are and how weak we are. They may even have examples...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 7/31/20 Today we started our 9th year of homeschooling. I love the beginning of the year because everyone is fresh and excited to learn new things. Well, everyone except my son. He would rather spend his days riding bikes, playing video games, or...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 7/24/20 There was an apple orchard not far from where I grew up. Each fall the local grocery stores would carry Dixon apples from the orchard. Some people even drove to the orchard to help pick apples and bring them home. Dixon apples were some of...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 7/17/20 I have been pondering Philippians 4:4 (ESV), “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.” As Christians we have the privilege of being able to rejoice in any and all circumstances. You may be asking, “How can I rejoice when there...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 7/10/20 We read amazing stories of things that only God could do all throughout the Bible. When you think of powerful people in the Bible, who do you think of? Perhaps you think of Samson, who had supernatural strength, David, who defeated Goliath,...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 7/2/20 Last week we talked about what it looks like to come to the end of a wilderness time. We imagined what it must have been like to be a child raised in the wilderness, and then to be there as you marched around the walls of Jericho and watched...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 6/26/20 Could 2020 really be a blessing? Perhaps 2020 is the year when we have the opportunity to really focus our attention on what matters. I don’t know about you, but I feel like we are in a worldwide wilderness experience this year. Here’s the...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 6/19/20 There have been numerous revivals in the past, many of which happened on American soil. These revivals have always been characterized by massive groups of people coming to the saving grace of Jesus. From the Great Awakening that happened in...
by Cherise Best | Jan 2, 2021 | 2020 Posts
Originally posted 6/12/20 Prayer changes things. This is a statement I often hear. We say we believe it, but do we really? In the past my actions would say I don’t fully believe that statement. I often find myself talking to my husband or friends and family about my...
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